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There are 5 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Global Alliance Updates for 2005 - 12th annual Drums Around the World:
27-28 Aug 2005
From: "Global Alliance For Intelligent Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2. Brasil Brazil
From: Yellow Green Productions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
3. Music of Gamelan Cudamani on 90.7FM KPFK - 10.30am today!
From: UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
4. JJC presents AfroPop on the BBC World Service - 4 part radio
documentary series on the rise of African hip-hop
From: Ilka Schlockermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
5. ARTICLE: Uganda rejects 'Monologues'
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 19:38:35 +0000
From: "Global Alliance For Intelligent Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Global Alliance Updates for 2005 - 12th annual Drums Around the World:
27-28 Aug 2005
Hello friends!
Here is a brief outline of events and projects that are taking place this year.
I hope we can collaborate on something!!!
1) World Unity Foundation formed as a non profit.
2) Global Alliance producing a film
2) Global Alliance producing the 12th annual Drums Around the
World August 27 & 28th in W Mass on the Mohawk Trail.
3) World Unity Festival on Sept 17 & 18th in upstate New York
4) World Beat Ensemble continues to inspire audiences around the
globe.
*More info at these websites
www.global-alliance.com
www.worldunityfoundation.org
www.wortldunityfestival.com
www.worldbeatensemble.com
Be well and stay in touch! Peace
Michael DiMartino
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 03:05:56 -0800
From: Yellow Green Productions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Brasil Brazil
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Brasil Brazil Show with Sonia Santos & Ana Gazzola
Saturday, March 12/ 2005
La Ve Lee Jazz Club
12514 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City/ CA 91604
Reservation: (818)980-8158
Shows @ 8:30 PM & 10:30 PM
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:12:58 -0800
From: UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Music of Gamelan Cudamani on 90.7FM KPFK - 10.30am today!
> Tune in to the Global Village on 90.7FM KPFK at 10.30am today to listen to
> the music of Gamelan Cudamani of Bali and hear about their one-night only
> concert on Saturday, March 26 at UCLA Royce Hall!
>
>
> Odalan Bali: An Offering of Music & Dance
> by Gamelan �udamani
> A benefit concert for the 2005 World Festival of Sacred Music - Los
> Angeles
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> Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:00pm
> UCLA Royce Hall
> Los Angeles, CA 90095
>
> Inspired by Bali's timeless cycles of ceremony and ritual, Odalan Bali
> captures the creative life force of the Balinese Temple Festival. From the
> clamor of villagers working at dawn to the calm of prayer and worship,
> from the meditative resonance of voice and flutes to the virtuosic dances
> for which Bali is famous, this evening-length work traces the life of a
> ceremony from the awakening of the ritual site, to purification, and
> finally to spiritual union. Odalan Bali speaks to the enduring strength of
> Balinese culture.
>
> �udamani, one of Bali's leading gamelan and dance companies, is proud to
> perform the choreographic work of I Nyoman Cerita. Under the auspices of
> the World Music Institute, the 25-member ensemble's UCLA performance
> launches a six-week USA tour. Music commissioned by the Savannah Music
> Festival. www.cudamani.org
>
> Artistic Director: - I Dewa Putu Berata; Assistant Director- Emiko
> Saraswati Susilo; Composers- I Dewa Putu Berata, I Dewa Ketut Alit, I Dewa
> Rai, I Made Karmawan, and Wayne Vitale.
>
> Tickets: $75 VIP, $35, $20, $15 (students and seniors)
> Ph: 310-825-2101 www.uclalive.org
> General Info: 310-206-1335
> Directions: From Sunset Blvd., enter the north side of campus at Royce Dr.
> (between Westwood Blvd.& Hilgard Ave.). Parking Lot 5
> Map: <http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Los%20Angeles&state=CA>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:18:02 +0000
From: Ilka Schlockermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: JJC presents AfroPop on the BBC World Service - 4 part radio
documentary series on the rise of African hip-hop
On the BBC World Service now:
The Music Feature: AfroPop � The rise and rise of African hip-hop, presented by
JJC
Nigerian-born, London-based JJC, frontman of Afropean hip-hop outfit JJC & 419
Squad and producer to UK R�n�B stars Jamelia, Liberty X, Big Brovaz and Lemar,
looks at the rise and rise of African hip-hop in a new four-part documentary,
The Music Feature: Afropop from Monday, 7 March on the BBC World Service (if
you missed the first part you can listen to it again with BBC Radio Player
online � see info below).
Since the Senegalese hip-hop act Daara J won the award for best African group
at the World Music Awards 2004, a new musical genre is spreading like wildfire
across the African continent.
JJC talks to young Africans about the trials and tribulations of creating music
that reflects their lives in the 21st Century. He looks at how the traditional
music of Africa is being morphed and fused with Western hip hop styles to
create a unique musical movement.
>From the major label presence of the South African region to the independent,
>self-financed productions of the northern regions, JJC explores the music
>industry in Africa, highlighting the ways it compares to the western world.
He hears stories from the inventor of Hip-life in Ghana, Reggie Rockstone, to
the ghetto realism of Kenya�s 38-strong collective group, Nairobi Yetu.
He also learns about Arabic hip hop acts like Moroccan group Dar Gnawa through
to the established music industry in South Africa which is ruled by acts like
Zola, Godessa and Bongo Maffin.
He also looks at the relationship between youthful rebellion and parental
disapproval and the clash between old and new African sentimentalities.
JJC learns about the opposition that musicians face from politicians and
policemen. He also discusses the sometimes unique language and content of
young stars� music, whether rapping about HIV/AIDS or political corruption or
simply how they just want to dance; and the difference between rappers who
celebrate their personal wealth and those who use their music for protest.
The story of Afropop is the story of a new African youth.
Presenter: JJC - Producer: Bobby Seiler
Broadcast Times:
The Music Feature: 4 x 30 minute programmes
Mondays from 7 March, 0930, 1330, 1930
7 March: West Africa
14 March: East Africa
21 March: Southern Africa
28 March: North Africa
Listen online (listen live or listen again):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/the_music_feature.shtml
Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | tel: 020 7557 2941
For more information on JJC please visit http://www.jjc2uk.com or contact
Ilka Schlockermann
BACKBONE MUSIC
PO Box 31876
London SE17 2ZB
UK
TEL: +44 (0)79 3206 6624
EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WEB: http://www.jjc2uk.com
Check out JJC�s African hip-hop column on BBC Radio 3�s AFRICA ON YOUR STREET
web site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/africaonyourstreet/jjc.shtml
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:10:18 +0000
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ARTICLE: Uganda rejects 'Monologues'
http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/qtakes/cl-et-quick22.4feb22,2,
7456389.story
QUICK TAKES
Uganda rejects 'Monologues'
>From Associated Press
February 22, 2005
A plan by women's rights groups to stage the graphic theater work "The Vagina
Monologues" to raise money for war-affected African women failed when the
government banned the performance as contrary to Ugandan values.
Several groups had planned to present American playwright Eve Ensler's
performance over the weekend to help women affected by an 18-year insurgency in
northern Uganda, as well as domestic and sexual abuse in this poor central
African country.
But Information Minister James Nsaba Buturo said the government objected
because the show did not focus on sexual violence as activists had said, but on
women's private parts.
Women's rights activist Sarah Mukasa said, "Although the play has been banned,
our point has been made." The major goal, she said, "was to raise concerns
about
the rights of women, their suffering on the domestic and other fronts."
In October, Uganda's press regulators, the Media Council, fined a private radio
station $1,000 for broadcasting a show that featured three homosexuals talking
about their lives. The show did not contain any explicit sexual content, but
the
council fined Radio Simba FM for promoting pornography and corrupting public
morals.
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kick off your shoes and come dance to the beat of the African music and Drum &
Dance communities all around Southern California!
http://africanbeat.com
ON the RADIO:
> DJ Nnamdi's Afrodicia KPFK 90.7FM, Sat 2-4p, or listen online: Afrodicia.com.
> Big Red's GrooveTime KXLU 88.9FM, Sat 6-8p
> Simeon Pillich 's GlobalVillage KPFK 90.7FM, Tues 10a-1p
> Yatrika Shah-Rais's GlobalVillage KPFK 90.7FM, Wed 10a-1p
> John Schneider's GlobalVillage KPFK 90.7FM, Thurs 10a-1p
> Sergio Mielnichenko's GlobalVillage KPFK 90.7FM, Fri 10a-1p
> Eric Kohler's CaribbeanJazz KLON 88.1FM, Fri 11p-1am
> Chuck Foster's ReggaeCentral KPFK 90.7FM, Sun 3-6p
> Makeda's Reggae Makossa 91.1FM, SUN 8-10p
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